bayside and inland, 60s on the coast. rain on the way. we'll time it out for you coming up. in the east bay i'm following two incidents. we'll give you the update coming up. all is clear in the south bay. that's a look at san jose, no rain just yet. christina loren says you might want to dust all those umbrellas on this monday, october 8th. it might be coming. this is "today in the bay." the good news is we have two things to celebrate. it's monday and it's columbus day. >> happy columbus day to you. >> indeed. it's 5:00. thank you all for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. president barack obama is heading back to the bay area today. he'll be holding several fund-raisers. christie smith is live in san francisco with a look at where the president will visit.

christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. not sure if you can hear it in the background but there are truckloads of metal barricades being set up this morning by workers right near the bill graham civic auditorium in san francisco. workers starting to set them up as president obama's fund-raiser this evening is sold out. guests being told to arrive about four hours before he actually speaks this evening. we have video of one of his visits to the bay area in june. with the election just one month away, the race for cash showing no signs of slowing down. tickets started at about $100 all the way up to $7500. for that, though, you would at least get a photo with the president. this is the second part of a two-day swing through california, as mr. obama and his republican challenger, mitt romney, escalate their television ads in competitive states like ohio. just one event in los angeles the president was expected to raise $3.75 million after trailing mr. raomney in the cas

race for much of the summer. the cash tide looks like it has turned so today here's what's on tap in the bay area. president obama arrives at sfo about 1:40 this afternoon. then there's a private fund-raiser at the int intercontinental hotel. at 5:00 a dinner. this is expected to be absolutely sold out but he's expected to spend the night here in san francisco and then attend a fund-raiser in ohio. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." as far as an assemblyman is concerned pg&e should keep ratepayers out of the equation. pg&e is still facing fines for that fatal san bruno explosion back in 2010. the california public utilities commission was set to hold hearings on the fines but now wants to cancel those meetings in favor of closed-door

meetings. pg&e says it wants ratepayers to foot the bill for the nearly $5 billion in pipeline testing and upgrades as a result of the san bruno disaster. assemblyman jerry hill and the mayor of san bruno will hold a press conference demanding the cpuc hearings be open to the public. 5:03. oakland police are still trying to sort out a shocking discovery. a decomposing body was found yesterday afternoon inside a parked car near a recreation center. investigators say it was wrapped in a cloth and left there for some time. police have not identified the body and have yet to give any details on the cause of death. marla, san francisco police are still looking for a pair of car thieves who allegedly tried to run down a u.s. park officer. this happened saturday night at about s6:30 on lincoln boulevar in the presidio.

officers spotted one man breaking into a car. he then jumped into a car waiting nearby and his accomplice allegedly tried to run down that officer. fortunately he missed. the park officer did open fire. those men got away. they were last seen driving a light tan buick sedan. also in san francisco, a group of protesters arrested on saturday afternoon. they may be connected to last month's vandalism of a police station in the mission district. this cell phone video shows police in riot gear lined up to stop protesters near california and battery streets. protesters marched through the area saturday vandalizing cars and businesses. at least 20 people were arrested. last month a mission district police station was vandalized by demonstrators upset over a shooting that involved a police officer. police believe some of the protesters arrested this weekend are connected to that incident. well, it's a pretty good bet drivers will feel that pinch today, waking up to even higher gas prices after another price

jump that happened over the weekend. california now for the record has the highest average gas price in the entire nation at $4.66. that is 85 cents higher than the national average. now governor brown is taking emergency action, trying to ease that pressure on your wallet. bob redell is live in cupertino right now where five bucks a gallon unfortunately becoming very common out there. bob, good morning. what's going on with this, man? >> reporter: good morning, jon. i'm sure people wish it was $5 a gallon, you can see it's well over that at this 76 station in cupertino. what happened yesterday is the governor, jerry brown, of california directed the california air resources board to allow the immediate production of the cheaper winter blend of gas. now, this should immediately increase the supply of gasoline and in theory lower these prices that in recent days have skyrocketed. now, of course what you're looking at here, $5.39 for a gallon of gas, that is an

extreme. there's cheaper but it's still very expensive. here are the latest numbers from aaa. sf a gallon is running on average just over can say 4.70. oakland and san jose just under $4.70. those prices represent a 46 to 47-cent jump over just the past seven days. usually california does not switch to the winter blend until the end of october. the downside of going early is this blend is not as friendly to the environment. >> the winter blend of gasoline is a similar type of gasoline that doesn't have as stringent air pollution requirements. with summer months, a cleaner version is necessary to reduce ozone when possible. winter gasoline doesn't have to be quite as stringent. >> reporter: no one is saying this is going to be a magic wand by moving to the winter blend earlier, but they do believe, at least some analysts do, that it could drop prices perhaps in the

next week by 15 to 20 cents. why did these prices skyrocket? well, the thought is you had these two major refine reproblems. one that we're all aware of back in august when the chevron refinery in richmond got fire. just last week you had a problem in southern california, an exxonmobil refinery in torrance shut down because of a power failure. it finally resumed production this past friday. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. i'm thinking we all need to commute to work together. car pool. >> commute is a good idea. we'll go with the flintstone cars. we put our feet to the bottom and pedal. >> we get our workout then. >> we'll make jon and mike do all the work. 48 degrees in petaluma to start you out, 48 degrees in novato. we've got such a good-looking week. you can save on your pg&e bill because you don't need the heater or ac. i think it's going to be a

little cool the second part of the week and we're expecting a little shower activity. this morning you might want to grab your jacket. it's cool up in the north bay in particular. here's how it all works out today. we've got this system lushing just offshore. that's where it sat all weekend long. we really dodged a bullet by not getting any showers. the blue angels highly visible, what a weekend. we still want to see your pictures. you can always put them on our facebook page. we stop this right at noon. as we head through noon tomorrow expecting quite a bit of shower activity other the state of california. that area of low pressure will get nudged inland and we're expecting a 30% to 40% chance of showers all across the greater bay area. 65 degrees today with a mix of sun and clouds. 67 down in santa cruz, 70 degrees in los gatos. the next few days we are expecting those showers. at the end of my seven-day forecast, here's your teaser, we will warm up close to 90

degrees. it's 5:08. mike was busy this weekend but people listened to you. >> we had the great weather, the great view and you used mass transit. thanks, folks. right over here at the port of oakland, no walking necessary. let me show you the roads. there is an issue east 580 at park boulevard. there's a disabled vehicle so you may find traffic control for the next few minutes to help that person with a flat tire. bottom of your screen north 880 at high street, the off-ramp there currently has construction going on so we'll watch for traffic control there. and the warriors are playing tonight so watch traffic past the coliseum. we're getting a live look outside and we'll end with this nice view of the san mateo bridge westbound with the taillights. no delays, guys, back to you. 5:09. b.a.r.t. shattered records this weekend at least in terms of ridership. we're still waiting from the final numbers from sunday but b.a.r.t. predicts they will be higher on saturday. on saturday, 320,000 riders

hopped on trains, up 14% from the previous record for a saturday. that record was set in september of '07 when the bay bridge was closed and there were three sporting events in san francisco. b.a.r.t. leaders hope the spike becomes a regular occurrence. >> for most riders, taking b.a.r.t. is the way to get to and from work and not necessarily something that they do on the weekend. however, we're hoping that so many people tried b.a.r.t. this weekend and learn it's a great way to get around the bay even on the weekends. it's just easier not to drive and get on the train. >> of course b.a.r.t. added extra trains this weekend in preparation for all the events that were going on in san francisco. >> 320,000 people packing the trains, wow. >> good for them. it is 5:10 right now. arnold schwarzenegger sitting down with "meet the press" to talk about his relationship with maria shriver and his kids. we'll hear from the governator

coming up. plus amazing video of a car crashing into a liquor store. we'll tell you what happened next. warnings this morning from the congress about chinese-made products. we'll tell you how that may benefit a san jose company coming up. those three little words: to hr chevron with techron. care for your car.

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you'll need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. o.k., but what if i have an 408 number and i'm calling a 408 number? you'll still need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out! welcome back at 5:13. the u.s. congress this morning will issue its strongest warning ever. america is at danger from chinese electronics. scott mcgrew, this has some serious ramifications. >> good morning, marla. politicians, even silicon valley executives sometimes dance around this but congress is saying china is not really an ally. they will issue findings from a year-long investigation that says chinese companies are threats to national security.

waway has officers in santa clara. the fear is the electronic equipment made by these companies which are backed by the chinese government can be used to spy on the united states. in a separate bit of news, san jose's largest company, telecom equipment maker cisco, is accusing vte of reselling equipment to the iranians in violation of u.s. law. cisco has ended its business relationship with zte. while the house committee on intelligence does not have the power to ban chinese communications equipment, it's warning that no one, verizon, comcast, at&t should be buying equipment from waway. also in china, foxconn factories say they have the labor unrest under control. chinese workers were told take more care making your iphone. some americans report their

iphones are scratched, brand new out of the box. let's check the markets ahead of the bell. we'll turn to courtney reagan this morning. she's at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, courtney. >> reporter: hi, good morning to you, scott. futures are a bit lower as the markets come off a positive week with the dow and s&p 500 rising more than 1%. the dow is about 550 points away from its all-time high. there's no economic data today but we'll get reports later this week on the trade deficit, import prices and consumer sentiment. earnings season kicks off tomorrow with alcoa's results after the bell. the dow rose 34 points friday to 13,610. the nasdaq slipped 13 to 3136. that's where they'll open when the bell sounds today. walmart and american express just made an announcement about a new financial services offer. basically the companies are teaming up to offer a new kind of checking and debit account. they're calling it blue bird. they're going to answer some questions from the media in just

a couple minutes so we'll bring you more when we have it. walmart has basically said that many of its shoppers have little to no access to credit and they have tried to offer things like check cashes at low rates in order to help them. walmart also says 85% of its transactions are in fact made with cash. scott, back to you. >> when you think about it, all those transactions made with cash, that's the way you're supposed to buy things. it would be the better way to buy things. >> old school. that's how we used to do it, scott. thanks, man. christina loren is here with a look at the forecast. how's monday looking for us? >> monday is looking good. you want to dress for fall. i'm going to warn you right now, over the course of the next five days we have another heat wave just around the corner. we want to start with this live, gorgeous shot. hustle and bustle out at sfo this morning. no flight delays at this point. we could see some develop the next couple hours as the fog is expected to be thick this

morning. we actually have showers on the way. temperatures this morning are nice and crisp. we're in the 40s and 50s. 43 in santa rosa, 55 in san francisco to start. and here's what we're looking at. area of low pressure has just been sitting and spinning offshore. as we head throughout the next couple days this guy finally arrives and we're expecting our first showers this morning. as we kick off rush hour at 7:00 a.m., already mostly cloudy conditions from novato down to san francisco but watch what happens between 7:00 and 10:00. that's right, a little rain band moves through so you might want to grab that umbrella sfr san francisco down to san mateo. by noon we'll see the system push back out to sea as high pressure builds in from the midsection of the nation. by tomorrow that system of low pressure moves all the way inland. high pressure finally breaks down. we're talking about hit or miss showers just about all day long throughout your tuesday, especially at the coastal cities and along the peninsula, but highs are going to be just about perfect all week long and you're not getting a whole lot of

separation between your temperatures that you get right at the coast versus your inland cities. so 72 degrees in livermore, right around 71 in redwood city and 69 in oakland. look at this, as we head throughout the next few days we are going to hold on to the 70s, but by the end of the week into the weekend, we've got a warmup on the way. and because it's so far out, i've only boosted your numbers up to the mid-80s as we kick off next week but, hey, what i can tell you is i'm not being as generous as i could be. we could be talking about the 90s again, which is good news if you've been missing that beach weather. let's check on your drive. good morning, mike. >> we appreciate how frugal you're being right now. we're looking at 880 with a smooth drive. some construction between the north and southbound side. also high street, watch the on-ramp for folks getting on for oakland. that's an issue temporarily and it is marked here on your map. warriors play tonight so keep that in mind. we're looking at east 580 away from the maze. we do still have that one issue

reported past park boulevard so that might be a little bit of an issue getting on there as well. no major slowing obviously through oakland, good stuff. peninsula side, we still have the remainder of the fleet week activities so along the embarcadero you may see some congestion. some schools are off so some schools may go take the tours on the ships. we'll go down toward the south bay. let's get a live shot an see how things are shaping up past sfo. i wanted to show you you can actually see 101 as well, that's how clear the day is. that's how clear the traffic is. the south bay a smooth drive as well for your northbound routes. there's a new accident just reported here coming up towards capital on north 101. i'll get you those details as i get them from chp. it is 5:19 right now. arnold schwarzenegger has been all over the media trying to sell that new tell-all book. he sat down with "meet the press" and he admits to david

gregory that he made his share of mistakes. >> i've hurt my wife, i've hurt the kids. i think they went through a lot of pain because of that and i take the responsibility and i will could everything that i can. if someone asks what are you going to do in the next few years, i will say that i will continue with my acting, continue with the political stuff and with my institute, but at the same time i will be working as hard as possible on relationships and our family to bring the family together again. >> are you a man of good character? >> i think so. >> schwarzenegger also adds that he has no political plans right now but he is not ruling out the possibility of running once again for office somewhere down the road. this is a wild scene, a sacramento man -- actually sacramento area man recovering this morning after a truck smashes right into his liquor store. we have the video from carmichael. look at that. the store owner right there behind the register helping some customers somehow didn't get

hurt. the out of control truck crashes through the front wall. you can see it right through that. it pins the man between the truck and the counter as customers rush to try to help him. the truck just backs out and takes off. police were fortunately able to track him down and arrested that driver for dui. the store owner was taken to the hospital and amazingly, he's expected to be okay. >> happy to hear that. 5:21. coming up, many people tightening their belts to deal with the tough economic times, but there's one thing you aren't skimping on. we'll tell you what it is next. ♪

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in these tough economic times, household budgets are extremely tight, but there is one thing families are not about to cut back on. how about this, their cell phone bill. in fact they're spending more than ever on cell service. a new federal survey says

spending on phone service rose more than 4% last year and some families, they say they're paying more for their cell phone bill than their actual car payment. experts say that's probably because cell phones have been going from being optional to a much-needed requirement. >> it's a computer, it's a camera, it's a video camera, it's a radio, it's a music machine, it's a tv. >> and the list goes on. >> it does it all. experts say if you want to keep your phone budget down, just make sure you're only paying for exactly what you need and try to keep track of your data usage so you don't go too far over or under your limit. the truth be told, people panic. if you leave your phone at home, it's like you left your brain or something. >> i've done that before. it's not a good feeling. let's check the forecast now with christina loren. >> we've got a great-looking day shaping up, plenty of 70s. we do have a slight chance of

seeing some showers between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and noon today, so keep that in mind, especially if you're waking up with us along the peninsula or in the city of san francisco. 65 degrees there today, 70 isn't san jose, and you just can't beat 72 degrees out in livermore. we have a better chance for showers across the greater bay area tomorrow. we will take you through that forecast coming up in just a few moments. first we want to check your drive. back to work monday, mike. >> this is 101 northbound looking latter. i'll show you where it is on the map just north of 680. we'll focus on the approach where we do have one accident reported blocking your slow lane, north 101 at capital expressway and you see a little slowing there. we do see general slowing as more folks hit the roads. i'll let you know if that is due to that lane being blocked. a quick look farther north and we'll look at 880 through fremont. northbound away from tesla and toward the truck scales, an easy flow up into oakland. aploeproaching the bay bridge,

slowing down the east show freeway or off of the maze. look at that crystal clear view. 5:26. you knew it was going to happen. "saturday night live" taking advantage of election season to have a little fun. >> number two, open up more trade, especially with latin america. >> the anniversary gift. i can't believe i forgot the anniversary gift. this is bad. this is very -- okay, i was distracted by the mess i inherited from bush. but still, i could have remembered our anniversary. >> it sounds so much like saturday night. the show poked fun at the first presidential debate and the fact that president obama was there on his anniversary, 20th year, right? >> i believe so. >> you can bet it will be spoofing thursday's vice presidential debate this coming saturday night.

snl airs right after our 11:00 newscast. >> they are all over it and it is brilliant. it is 5:27. coming up, we'll tell you about these rising gas prices coming up right here. we'll see you in a minute.

>> reporter: what the state of california is doing to try to bring the gas prices back down to earth. that story coming up. and looking for answers. a homicide in hercules has east bay police searching for suspects. the latest coming up. and we've got a good-looking day shaping up. do have a very slight chance for showers. we'll show you exactly where. and tomorrow you might just need that umbrella. we'll talk all about your new week forecast. and a clear drive right now for palo alto, highway 101. but there's an incident south of here and an incident north of here for that same highway. we'll bring you those details coming up. it all looks smooth and calm before the sun comes up in the south bay. a live look over san jose on

this monday, october 8th. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for waking up with us. it is 5:30. i'm marla tellez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, everybody. i'm jon kelley. commuters, get ready, your ride may be a rude awake ning this morning when you try to fill up. the high gas prices we saw friday morning got even worse over the weekend. we found this station in menlo park where gas is over five bucks a gal lon for regular. it's worse in some places. but the good news is some help may bow on the way thanks to an order signed this weekend by governor jerry brown. bob redell joins us live in cupertino with the move that could hopefully bring those prices back down. bob, good morning. >> reporter: that's the idea. good morning to you, jon. what the governor did is

unprecedented. california governor jerry brown has ordered the california air resources board to begin the immediate production of the winter blend of gas. it's a blend that is much cheaper and should theoretically by increasing the supply lower these prices a little bit. now, you're seeing this is $5.39 for a gallon of regular gas here at a 76 station in cupertino. this, of course, is an extreme. you can find gas cheaper elsewhere, but it is very expensive regardless. here are the latest numbers overnight from aaa. in sf they are paying $4.73 on average. oakland and san jose around $4.67. those represent a jump of roughly 46 to 47 cents over just the past seven days. >> my god, it's just going up and it's hard to afford. i'm not working, so i'm looking for the cheapest gas. >> i try to get where i can get it the most cheapest and right now this is the area to come.

>> worth the wait? >> i can say it is. >> usually california doesn't switch to this winter blend until october 31st. the downside of going early, the blend is not as friendly to the environment since it does evaporate quicker in warm weather. are we in for a heat wave? it doesn't sound like it but we do have some warm weather so that could have some impact on the air quality. no one is saying this latest move will be a magic wand. one analyst suggests we could see a drop of 15 to 20 cents within a week. the reason why we have seen prices go up are the problems we've seen at refineries. you have the fire at the chevron refinery in richmond in august and just this past week in southern california, an exxonmobil refinery in torrance had to shut down because of a power failure. it was able to get back up and running this past friday. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." 5:32. the president is in california today trying to fill his

campaign coffers. he's waking up in los angeles where he attended the concert and dinner last night. the president will stop in central california in kern county to make a move many californians have been waiting for. we'll tell you about that in just a moment. then we flies to san francisco for another political fund-raiser. coming up we'll have a live report from our christie smith on what the president will do when he gets here. and happening right now, a major commute route in the east bay all tied up after a deadly crash. lafayette police still investigating what happened near pleasant israhill and springhil roads. the driver hit a tree and utility pole after allegedly driving very recklessly. southbound pleasant hill road will be closed between springhill road and stanley boulevard. both will reopen once the tree is finally cut down and the pole is replaced. a vigil is planned tonight for a hercules woman found dead inside her home during the weekend. neighbors placed flowers and notes outside susie ko's home

this weekend. police say someone killed ko on friday night. her husband was working in idaho at the time. ko's children say they rushed home as soon as they heard the news. >> shocking. i found out first thing saturday morning. she had passed friday, but my phone had died and as soon as i turned on the phone, i got a call from my sister. i found out and just hurried home. >> police took the front door of the home as evidence during the investigation and they say ko's car is missing. police are looking for a 2011 sky blue subaru outback. idaho license plate number 1a1f680. ko's family is planning a vigil for tonight at 8:30. they also set up a website to

help spread awareness about this case. you want to talk about a monumental block party but we were ready for it? it was smooth sailing for one of the biggest weekends in bay area history. more than a million visitors spending their weekend in the city where there was no shortage of all kinds of things to do. we had the blue angels flying through the skies, giants and niners getting it done on the field, the castro street fair and the strictly bluegrass festival. a lot of drivers took advice about not driving into san francisco. mass transit in many different cities, simply packed. >> crazy is what it is but, gosh, this is what san francisco is all about. great weather, beautiful fall day, lots of people, lots of great energy, lots of fun. >> sounds like the total package. in addition to fleet week, they also had the america's cup bringing thousands to the city and the waterfront. well, it is do or die for our bail teams.

tomorrow the giants will take the field in cincinnati knowing it could be their final game of the season, but it's not going to be. >> say iain't so. >> they were beat by the reds last night losing 9-0. they now trail in the best of five series two games to nothing. ryan vogelsong will take the mound tomorrow at 2:37. the a's will be at home tomorrow in a similar must-win swagituat. they lost two games this weekend and trail the best of five series 2-0. tomorrow's game starts at 6:07. is that good energy? what is this? >> i'm just sending out positive energy right now. giving it up. let's go, fellas. you can have a little too. there you go. christina loren says we have all sorts of things to look forward to. >> i was praying all day yesterday. maybe they just need the one day off to row groegroup. temperatures are looking good right now. this is a live picture downtown san jose looking fabulous this

morning. i don't know if you had a chance to catch the sunset yesterday. it was beautiful. we are going to get an even better sunrise this morning with plenty of high clouds to start. 53 degrees in concord, we're at 55, good morning to you in san francisco, a little bit more tranquil in the city this morning. as we head throughout the morning hours we'll get some showers to help improve our air quality and this is the first significant rain of the fall season. so we stop the clock at 10:00 a.m. between 10:00 and noon, you've got the best chance of seeing those showers. we're only expecting them along the peninsula. i don't think the north bay will see much action and i don't think the inland cities will get any rainfall at all. your temperatures are going to be very comfortable. 72 degrees in livermore, 65 in san francisco and 70 degrees in san jose. so as we head throughout the next 24 hours, the system will kind of churn just offshore and we do have that chance for showers over the greater bay area. i'll let you know if you need that umbrella as you head out to

work tomorrow. if you need to get out the door right now, mike is here to help you do so. >> palo alto looks nice for 101. with the headlights past the shopping center past university, all those lights with ikea and home depot and whatnot. over south we had an accident north at capital expressway. now it is south approaching capital expressway and you see the slowing. the accident blocking the slow lane. the rest of your northbound routes just getting ready for that first burst north of 680 for 101. over here 380, the transition to south 101 is currently closed because of an accident. we end with a quick look at oakland, 880, no problems and all construction has cleared. back to you. 5:38 right now. did you see this one? a controversial play during yesterday's a's game has a lot

of the oakland players pretty salty this morning. we'll show you coming up. >> reporter: and president obama coming back to the bay area for more campaign cash. we'll tell you where he's coming, what he's going to do and why he's headed towards bakersfield first. good morning! wow.

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welcome back to decision 2012. yes, we are less than a month away from that 2012 general election and later on today president barack obama heading back here to the bay area. christie smith is live in san francisco right now with a preview of where the president will be visiting and giving us a sprinkling of his schedule. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. guests here in san francisco are being told to arrive at the bill graham civic auditorium as early as 5:30 this evening even though president obama isn't expected to start speaking until around 9:40 tonight. that's because this event is completely sold out. the cheapest tickets were going for about $100 a pop all the way

up to $7500. but for that you would at least get a picture with the president. this is part of a two-day swing through california in the final weeks of the campaign. president obama an his republican challenger, mitt romney, raising money aimed at ads in competitive states like ohio. in los angeles, president obama poked fun at his own lackluster debate performance. there, though, he got help from celebrities like george clooney and jon bon jovi at just one event there. took in about $3.75 million. this morning, though, the president will actually be near bakersfield first to stal the cesar chavez national monument. he was the founder of the united farm workers union. some see that as long overdue. others see it as an appeal to hispanic voters who were critical to president obama's campaign in 2008. today, though, on tap for mr. obama, he arrives at sfo at 1:40 this afternoon. from there it is a private fund-raiser that is scheduled at

4:00 at the intercontinental hotel here in san francisco. at 5:00, a private dinner followed by that concert reception here at the bill graham civic auditorium with musicians john legend and meek al fronte. he spends the night in san francisco and from there it's off to ohio for more campaigning. christie smith, "today in the bay." meantime president obama's rival is on the other side of the country this morning where he will speak on foreign policy. tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning with more on what mitt romney is expected to say. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at virginia military institute it will be the ninth time in just over a year that mitt romney has addressed foreign policy, an area where he had not been considered as strong as president obama but he will certainly try to establish his credentials today. on the list of topics that he'll discuss, and we've seen an advanced copy of some of his remarks, he's going to hit some

of the key points. hot spots in syria, libya, egypt, talk about afghanistan and the war winding down there. a strong military with no defense cuts and israel being our ally. specifically in libya where four americans were recently killed he will say it was the deliberate work of terrorists, of al qaeda, not a result of that u.s.-made video that sparked a protest across the region. he will urge the u.s. to arm the rebels in syria and to help form a palestinian state in israel. however that is not what he said in that secret video made at a fund-raiser several months ago. what are democrats and the white house saying about this? the white house in advance calling him an unmitigated disaster, that's a quote there, on foreign policy. and the obama campaign says that his response to libya was not only cynical, but offensive. they're already taking the defense as he goes out to make that speech later today.

marla. >> okay, thank you so much. >> the slugfest continues. '? case you missed it, big bird making a little cameo on "saturday night live." he responded to a comment made during the presidential debate in which republican mitt romney mentioned directly cutting funding for pbs. have a listen. >> do you have any political statement you'd like to make? >> no, i don't want to ruffle any feathers. but i do have a political joke. may i tell it? >> yeah, of course. >> okay. you're going to laugh. this is funny. you know who -- who loves debates? >> who? >> defishes. it's a thinker. >> oh, yes, certainly is. now, big bird had a good time telling seth myers that he learned he was mentioned during the debate through twitter. after all we should know that

sesame street does have wi-fi. if mitt romney has his way, they may not have wi-fi or i guess even have a street. >> that was a great little bit they did there. so a little bit cooler start to the week. >> it's going to be very interesting weather. >> we like interesting. >> we do. we really dodged a bullet over the course of the weekend but the same area of low pressure that could have brought us showers actually stirred up our atmosphere to prevent that fog from settling to the surface. that's why you were able to see those blue angels so vividly. also we had some pretty good winds, kucourtesy of this same area of low pressure and it was really active out there on the bay. america's cup racing was phenomenal. we have mostly clear conditions and temperatures are falling to levels we haven't seen in months. santa rosa, you're at 43 grows, 50 in sunnyvale, 50 in san jose. our days are getting shorter. area of low pressure just sat here rotating all weekend long.

as we head throughout the next 48 hours, it gets nudged inland enough to bring us some showers. look at this, getting some rain. a rain band moves right over san francisco down to san mateo. we continue that futurecast and you can see even continuing that shower chance. by noon, 1:00 p.m., completely clear conditions. as we wake up tomorrow morning that system will be even closer and that's when we're expecting showers over the greater bay area and temperatures will be just a touch cooler than what we're expecting for today. 70 degrees in livermore, 70 in santa teresa and 70 in san jose. meanwhile 67 degrees down in santa cruz. so it all works out like this. we hold on to the 70s and then a heat wave on the way to the bay area. by sunday we're talking about the mid-80s in the warmest cities across the bay with a few 90s on the way as we head through monday and tuesday of next week. so things are going to change. we will be here to take you through those changes. mike was here all weekend to get

you through that traffic. and you know what, people responded, mike. >> thank you to everybody for helping play a part of that. mass transit numbers went way up and that kept a lot of the jams to a minimum. thank you, folks. not helping today. the bay bridge already starting this early monday and it's columbus day. we thought maybe, maybe a little bit lighter but look at all these folks in the cash lanes. we'll look at the maps and we do see a little slowing getting into san francisco on the upper deck but not a lot. once you get into the city, we still have tours for the ships so there will be a good number of folks walking around the embarcadero. those tours are very impressive if you get a chance to see them in real life. east 380 getting over towards 101, that connector has reopened but still accident activity. other than that, no major slowing for the peninsula. we'll show you the south bay, that burst of traffic of folks coming northbound. 280 shows you northbound coming over towards 880 and 17, 101 shows a little slowing north

towards teully. there's a new light-up sign and that may be a distraction for folks for a couple of days just north of tesla. 5:49. this morning new numbers in the deadly meningitis outbreak. seven people have now died and outbreak has spread to more than 90 people in nine states. minnesota and ohio just reported confirmed cases linked to a steroid made boy a specialty pharmacy in massachusetts. that steroid has been recalled. four california clinics received steroid shots from a recalled watch. they include cypress surgery center in visalia, valley medical center in ukiah, outpatient surgical center in encino and universal pain management in palmdale. it's been said no news is good news, but that is not the case in the nhl. the two sides are talking, but still no deal to end that lockout. in a surprise twist, however, bargaining did resume friday

with an unannounced negotiation session. both sides apparently communicated by phone over the weekend and talks could resume as soon as wednesday. now, the negotiations have stalled over exactly how to split up $3.3 billion in league revenue. thursday the league officially canceled two weeks of their regular season. more games could be following if a deal is not cut sometime soon. the a's players none too happy with one of detroit's pitchers after a controversial play. did you see this? check it out. in the top of the ninth inning, al albuquerque fields the ball and kisses it before throwing out the batter. after the game jonny gomes telling usa today he must not believe in baseball gods, because baseball gods take care of that stuff. >> that's not cool. >> you know what i'd tell him to kiss. >> i know what she would do and she would mean it. it's not a baseball. coming up, it is fall and

that mean the great pumpkin weigh-off in half moon bay. we have the incentive with the winner. don't mess with marla. plus we'll take a look at friday's jobs number. what it means for today's trading. [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents

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this weekend at half moon bay's annual pumpkin festival. we're talking about turkey day. prices for thanksgiving airline tickets this year are on the rise. priceline.com is reporting the average domestic round trip ticket for travel thanksgiving week is about $393. that is up close to 3% over last year. travel experts say it is a good idea to book your tickets now because it's unlikely prices will drop any time soon. well, from turkey's to apple. scott mcgrew says apple is giving its employees the whole week of thanksgiving off. >> as a way of saying thanks for a great year. apple iphone 5 a top seller. this morning there are rors apple is set to sell 10 million ipad minis and those haven't even officially been announced yet. we continue to see signs of recovery in the economy. on friday data shows growth in the labor market. the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest since president obama took office.

now, long-time viewers know i try to steer you away frombr breathlessly following the unemployment rate. the number of people looking for a job is at a low. we call that the participation rate. that too brings down the unemployment. lots of reasons people leave the labor market. a mom has a baby, somebody retires, goes back to school or they just quit looking for a job altogether. the house intelligence committee says u.s. firms should stop buying equipment from some of cisco's biggest competitors. we'll take a look at that coming up in the next half hour. did you watch this rumble 2012 over the weekend? >> no, i missed it. >> i owed it. i did not watch it because the whole thing just fell apart online. they are offering refunds to this pay-per-view. it only cost $5 to watch it on the internet. it was run by a company called knox solutions which just could

not handle the demand so millions of people or hundreds of thousands who tuned in after paying their $5 to watch stewart and o'reilly go at it in a debate couldn't do it. they say they'll start offering refunds starting next week. >> so that includes you then? >> i watched some youtube clips but other than that, i was very disappointed. >> the big rumble turns into the big refund. get your money back now. let's check in with christina loren to find out what's happening outside. lots of changes coming in the wind. >> yeah, lots of changes starting with showers in some parts of the bay area as of today. 47 degrees in sonoma to start, 48 in novato and 55 in san francisco. sunrise at 7:11. because of the high clouds out there we are going to get a phenomenal sunrise. that's what you get to drive to work under. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. >> hey, if you're driving to work, you're not alone. here's san jose, 101 nb. we're seeing that first burst on the maps north of 680 on 101.

there's that stretch heading up towards 880. an accident blocks two lanes of stevens creek boulevard and that's a major intersection. wanted to call that surface street accident out because those are major surface streets just north of 680. the northbound routes through the rest of the south bay, you're looking okay as you head up toward the peninsula. over the bay, 92 is slowing. 5:57. still ahead, a bay area narcotics investigator now in trouble with the law himself. we'll have the details. ♪

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